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HR 1717 — Communications Security Act

Congress 119 · introduced 2025-02-27

Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Sponsors

Lobbied by (1)

LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.

FilingPeriodRegistrant (lobbying firm)ClientIncomeMatched
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterCOMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATIONCOMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION—H.R. 1717

Action timeline

  1. · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  2. · Intro-H — Introduced in House
  3. · 1000 — Introduced in House
  4. — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 1.
  5. — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 158.
  7. · H12200 — Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-194.
  8. · 5000 — Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-194.
  9. · H37220 — At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  10. · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1717.
  11. · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3218-3220)
  12. · H30300 — Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  13. · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  14. · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 380 - 33 (Roll no. 196). (text: 7/14/2025 CR 3218-3219)
  15. · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 380 - 33 (Roll no. 196).
  16. · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business.
  17. — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Inbound (2)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2026-01-01COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATIONlobbies_on_bill—H.R. 1717lobbying_bill_mention
2025-02-27Menendez, Robertsponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Menendez, Robert (D, house NJ-8)sponsor0—5

Who's influencing them

Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.

#OrgLDA filingsLDA spendDonor employeesEmployee donationsTotal
1apollo global management0$01$2,500$2,500
2ceo advisors0$01$1,000$1,000

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

379 predicted yes (70%) · 94 predicted no (17%) · 70 unknown (13%)

By party: · R: 174 yes / 91 no / 12 unknown · D: 204 yes / 1 no / 58 unknown · I: 1 yes / 2 no

50 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor) — showing top 50

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION (h.r. 1717) · lobbying_bill_mention
  2. 2025-02-27 · sponsored by Menendez, Robert (sponsor) · sponsorship

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